Workers from a factory which has been in...

Bischheim, FRANCE: Workers from a factory which has been involved in the manufacturing of the V150 TGV, watch the speed record of the french high speed train on a jumbo screen, 03 April 2007 in Bischheim. The TGV set a new world speed record for a train on rails, hitting 574.8 kilometres per hour (357 miles per hour) on a 73-kilometre (45.3 mile) stretch of track between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg, The record -- easily beating the 515.3 kph set by a TGV (Traine a Grande Vitesse) in 1990 -- was made by an experimental version equipped with two supercharged locomotives and extra-large wheels. . AFP PHOTO OLIVIER MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images)